[Robinson] 2021 NHL Draft Rankings (February 2021)
William Eklund Celebrating The year 2020 may finally and mercifully be over, but the strange circumstances remain. Attempting to traverse the scouting of draft-eligible prospects in this pandemic-filled world is no easy feat. That [...]
Game Tape with Tony: RHD Oscar Plandowski of the Charlottetown Islanders
Oscar Plandowski (#7) plays defense for the Islanders. Photo courtesy of Charlottetown Islanders. (charlottetownislanders.com) On this edition of Game Tape, Tony sits down with Oscar Plandowski of the Charlottetown Islanders to talk [...]
AHL Report: December 2018
It’s been more than a year now, that I’ve been writing this monthly piece on the trends and events of the American Hockey League. Few months go by where I don’t reference the league as being one of the best, if not THE best professional development league in the [...]
Top 75 Fantasy Hockey Prospects – December 2018
Welcome to the first ever Fantasy Hockey Prospects consensus ranking at DobberProspects. The way this worked was that each participating writer provided their personal top 50 ranking, and then average ranking was calculated based on those rankings. Number 60 was used for those who didn’t crack the top 50 [...]
Prospect Ramblings: Even-strength heroes and PP studs
image courtesy of TSN *** When it comes to breaking into the NHL, there's a couple ways to do it. There's the prototypical grinders who give 110% and help the team win any way they can. On the opposite end of the spectrum, there are purely offensive [...]
Prospect Ramblings: Projecting Team USA for the WJC (Dec. 6)
The Americans were one of the last teams to release their camp roster for the upcoming World Junior Championships. There weren’t many surprises. Jack Hughes and Spencer Knight were the only 2001-born players included. Shame for those hoping to get a closer look at a handful of potential early [...]
Prospect Ramblings: Prospects Needing a Change of Scenery (Feb 19 2017)
Looking at who might benefit from a new home in this Sunday Ramblings... *** The title of this article is prety self-explanatory of what I'll be rambling about, and before I've even written it [...]
Prospects Rambling: Sticking in the NHL takes as long as it takes (Feb. 18)
Anaheim defenseman Shea Theodore is singing that old Otis Elevator hit Baby I've Had My Ups and Downs. Shea Theodore is getting a sense of how difficult it used to be to crack an [...]
Liiga Prospect Updates
In the last Liiga update I mentioned a couple of promising goaltenders. Let’s add Emil Larmi to the list. Larmi entered the season as a back-up for Nathan Lawson, but has now taken over the [...]
Prospect Ramblings: Marner’s injury, Kempe’s debut and Strome’s stick-trick (Feb 16)
Biggest prospect news from last night, Mitch Marner left the game early after crashing awkwardly into the boards after a hit with Boone Jenner. He played a few more shifts, but just didn’t seem to [...]
SHL Update: February
We’re headed down the home stretch in the 2016-17 SHL season. Which for 2017 draft eligible prospects means that time is ticking to make a memorable impression on NHL scouts in hopes of improving their [...]
Prospects Rambling: Wrapping Up The Beanpot and Calder Candidate Contributions
Wrapping Up the Beanpot On Monday night, the 2017 Beanpot was decided at TD Garden in Boston with #3 Harvard facing off against #4 Boston University in the tournament's championship game. Earlier in the day, [...]
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On this episode: Pat is joined by Ben to discuss prospects in the Atlantic Division who have a chance to make the roster to start, have cups of coffee, or may be up after the trade deadline. This talk is to help fantasy hockey GMs decide on prospects to add, watch or invest in for […]
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On this episode: Pat is joined by Ben to discuss prospects in the Metro Division who have a chance to make the roster to start, have cups of coffee, or may be up after the trade deadline. This talk is to help fantasy hockey GMs decide on prospects to add, watch or invest in for […]
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